Te Tai Tokerau poll
September 22, 2017
Reid Research for Maori TV found:
Party Vote
- Labour 50%
- Maori Party 10%
- NZ First 15%
- National 8%
- Greens 10%
- Mana 6%
Electorate Vote
- Kelvin Davis (L) 67%
- Hine Harawira (Mana) 30%
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Te Tai Tokerau poll
September 15, 2014
Maori TV poll in Te Tai Tokerau has found:
Electorate Vote
- Harawira, Mana 38%
- Davis, Labour 37%
- Paenga, Maori 9%
- Dearlove, Independent 1%
Te Tai Tokerau poll
November 12, 2013
Stuff reports:
The Te Karere-Digipoll asked voters when they choose their local MP which party would the candidate likely come from.
Labour had the edge with 32 per cent over Mana with 28 per cent.
A Maori party candidate would get 14 per cent, the survey found.
Harawira held the seat in 2011 with a 1165 majority over Labour’s Kelvin Davis.
The poll had Green and National candidates on 3 per cent each and NZ First on 2 per cent.
Another 18 per cent were either undecided or picked another option, but the pollsters did not provide a breakdown.
When it came to the party vote Labour was backed by 30 per cent, Mana by 19 per cent and the Maori Party 19 per cent
National scored 6 per cent, the Greens 8 per cent each and NZ First 3 per cent.
Fourteen per cent were undecided.
With undecideds taken out, Labour was on 35 per cent of the decided vote (34.7 per cent at the 2011 election), with Mana on 22 per cent (24.5 per cent in 2011) and Maori on 22 per cent (11.2 per cent in 2011).
There was strong backing for Harawira’s performance as the local MP with 14 per cent rating it “fantastic”, 39 per cent above average and 31 per cent average.
Only 12 per cent rated it either below average or poor.
The survey of 500 had a margin of error of 4.3 per cent.
Te Tai Tokerau poll October 2011
October 31, 2011
Digipoll did a poll of 400 respondents in the Te Tai Tokerau electorate.
Party Vote
- Labour 27%
- Maori 27%
- Mana 25%
- National 14%
- Greens 4%
- NZ Furst 3%
Electorate Vote
- Hone Harawira (Mana) 42%
- Kelvin Davis (Labour) 35%
- Waihoroi Shortland (Maori) 20%
Preferred PM
- John Key 26%
- Hone Harawira 11%
- Shane Jones 7%
- Pita Sharples 7%
- Phil Goff 6%
- Tariana Turia 3%
- Kelvin Davis 2%
Government Direction
- Right 29%
- Wrong 58%
Most favoured Maori MP
- Hone Harawira 30%
- Pita Sharples 22%
- Kelvin Davis 11%
- Tariana Turia 7%
- Shane Jones 6%
Most Important Issue
- Education 18%
- Employment 15%
- Whanau 10%
- Treaty Claims 9%
Well being
- Better Off 20%
- Worse Off 50%
- No difference 30%
Native Affairs Baseline Te Tai Tokerau Poll June 2011
June 14, 2011
Polling Company: Baseline
Poll Method: Random Phone
Poll Size: 508, of whom 439 have a party preference
Dates: 2 June to 9 June 2011
Client: Native Affairs, Maori TV
Report: Not online
By-Election Vote
- Harawira, Mana – 41%
- Davis, Labour – 40%
- Tipene, Maori – 15%
Party Support
- National 10%
- Labour 36%
- Green 6.%
- ACT 0%
- Maori 25%
- NZ First 2%
- Mana 21%
Coalition Partner (for those who chose Maori or Mana)
- National 28%
- Labour 57%
Desired Relationship of Electorate MP to main governing party
- Work alongside 73%
- Work separate to 16%
Was by-election justified?
- Yes 445
- No 56%
Candidate Impressions
- Can be trusted – Davis 50% Harawira 38%
- Deliver on promises – Davis 35% Harawira 38%
- Knows local needs – Davis 43% Harawira 57%
- Politically experienced – Davis 39% Harawira 54%
- Capable leader – Davis 44% Harawira 43%
- Good in a crisis – Davis 43% Harawira 37%
- Lots of personality – Davis 26% Harawira 66%
Te Tai Tokerau Marae Digipoll October 2008
October 12, 2008
Polling Company: DigiPoll
Poll Method: Random Phone of Te Tai Tokerau voters
Poll Size: 400 voters (4.9% maximum margin of error)
Dates: 15 September to 7 October 2008
Client: Marae
Report: TVNZ
Party Support
- Labour 34.5%
- Maori Party 46.8%
- NZ First 5.6%
- National 6.4%
- Green 2.5%
Candidate Support
- Kelvin Davis, Labour 25.8%
- Hone Harawira, Maori Party 69.0%
- Greens 3.4%
Preferred PM
- Helen Clark 41.4%
- Winston Peters 9.9%
- Pita Sharples 5.5%
- John Key 4.7%
- Tariana Turia 5.7%
Country Direction
- Right 49.3%
- No 36.8%
- Don’t Know 13.8%
Hone Harawira Performance
- Very Satisfied 28.0%
- Satisfied 50.1%
- Not Satisfied 14.3%
- Don’t Know 7.6%
Most effective Maori MP
- Pita Sharples 15.2%
- Hone Harawira 31.2%
- Tariana Turia 7.4%
- Winston Peters 6.3%
- Shane Jones 5.6%
- Parekura Horomia 1.8%
- Dover Samuels 1.4%
- Nanaia Mahuta 1.2%
- Te Ururoa Flavell 1.2%
Most important issue
- Maori/Treaty 19.3%
- Education 13.5%
- Law & Order 5.9%
- Health 11.2%
- Family Issues 6.8%
Coalitions
- Maori Party coalition with Labour – 70.9% support, 17.3% do not
- Maori Party coalition with National – 25.4% support, 60.3% do not
Identity
- New Zealander First 10.5%
- Maori first 76.3%
- Both 12.4%